ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Deputies are searching for a man who shot a woman and then ran off, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said.
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The shooting happened at the Southern Oaks Apartments near Silver Star Road and Powers Drive shortly after 9 p.m. Wednesday.
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Investigators said they arrived at the complex and spoke to the injured woman, who is in her 20s.
She told them she was shot by a man, also in his 20s, after he threatened her with a gun.
An ambulance rushed the woman to a hospital; her injuries aren’t life-threatening, OCSO said.
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Detectives said the victim and suspect know each other.
Sheriff’s investigators did not release the name of the shooter, but at last check, said deputies were still searching for him.
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